The Big 5 College Basketball Thread

eeriepadave said:

The Juggler said:

eeriepadave said:

Jay Wright named AP Coach of the year

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2020/01/03/villanovas-jay-wright-named-ap-coach-of-the-decade/40939085/

EXCUSE ME. That's Coach of the DECADE. 

  I saw it and read it and still typed in year, my bad. Well deserved though

pjhawks said:

eeriepadave said:

Why does Nova's uniforms have yellow in them? When did this happen? Looks like the Pacers or something.

Throwback to the 70s.

how about that Ryan Daly shot to send game into overtime? One of the craziest shots I’ve ever seen.

3-12 but actually impressed with billy lange. Team has really played hard for the most part and love where the roster is headed: two. 4 star guard transfers sitting out and like the young players on this squad. 

eeriepadave said:

The Juggler said:

eeriepadave said:

pjhawks said:

eeriepadave said:

Why does Nova's uniforms have yellow in them? When did this happen? Looks like the Pacers or something.

Throwback to the 70s.

how about that Ryan Daly shot to send game into overtime? One of the craziest shots I’ve ever seen.

3-12 but actually impressed with billy lange. Team has really played hard for the most part and love where the roster is headed: two. 4 star guard transfers sitting out and like the young players on this squad. 

their uniforms were yellow in the 70's? did not know that.

Also not a Big 5 team (nor philly team) but how about Penn St. in the top AP Poll? Although they lost yesterday.

They look like Michigan. Fucking Nike. I hate how so many teams in so many sports, now, have 5 jersey's each.

I was thinking of Marquette also, but Michigan would work also.

bflynn1 said:

Just here to support my Arkansas Razorbacks 😁

Cool, although I didn't realize Arkansas joined the Big 5

pjhawks said:

eeriepadave said:

not too often you see Penn St. (i know not part of the "big 5") ranked higher than Villanova on basketball.

Penn state is really good. Stevens is heck of a player.  Nova could do almost anything in the tourney.  Wouldn’t be surprised if they lost in the first round or get to the elite eight

cutz said:

NCAA sure came down hard:

https://www.thescore.com/ncaab/news/1954069

Former Penn coach Allen gets 15-year show-cause penalty for accepting bribe

Andrew Joe Potter

2h ago

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A former Pennsylvania men's basketball coach has been handed a 15-year show-cause penalty stemming from major ethical conduct violations, the NCAA announced Wednesday.

The punishment comes after the father of a prospective recruit gave the coach at least $250,000 in an attempt to increase the likelihood of his son's admittance to Penn, according to the Association's release.

Though unnamed in the release, the ex-coach in question is almost certainly Jerome Allen, who coached at Penn from 2009-15. Allen testified in March 2019 as a government witness in Miami federal court that he accepted money from healthcare executive Philip Esformes between 2013 and 2015.

"I got his son into Penn; I got his son into Wharton," Allen said at the time, according to the Miami Herald's Jay Weaver. "None of that would have happened without me."

Allen's 15-year show-cause order means "any NCAA member school employing him must restrict him from any athletically related duties unless it shows cause why the restrictions should not apply."

Should Allen be hired as a coach in the year following the completion of his show-cause penalty, the hiring school must also suspend him for the first 50% of the season.

The 47-year-old is presently an assistant coach on Brad Stevens' staff with the Boston Celtics.

Penn's men's basketball program is facing discipline of its own, though it's relatively minor compared to Allen's. The Quakers' current staff will be banned from men's basketball recruiting communications from May 10-20 and May 31-June 10 this year. The team must also pay a $5,000 fine and will be under probation for two years.